Abstract
The present research was conducted to find out distress in women with
miscarriage and its relationship with religious rituals, spiritual and
social support. It was hypothesized that social support, spiritual
support, religiosity and number of miscarriages will likely to predict
distress in miscarrying women. Correlatioal research design was
employed. Sample selected 100 participants divided in two groups, 50
participants each group using purposive sampling. Sample was taken
from two different hospitals of Lahore. Both groups were matched on
age, education, income level, occupation, family system and number of
children. Demographic questionnaire, Religious activity scale (RAS:
Sitwat, 2005), Spiritual support scale (SSS; Maton, 1989),
Multidimensional scale of perceived social support (MSPSS; Zimet et
al., 1988) and Center for epidemiologic studies depression scale (CESD; Radloff, 1977) were employed to assess religious activities, beliefs,
social support and level of distress in miscarriage. Findings depicted
that Social support, spiritual and number of miscarriages is related to
distress in miscarrying women. Number of miscarriages and social
support emerged as significant predictors of distress in miscarrying
women. Religious activities and spiritual support were not significantly
associated with the level of distress.
Tehreem Arshad, Nayab Hafeez. (2016) RELIGIOSITY SOCIAL SUPPORT AND DISTRESS IN MISCARRIAGE, Pakistan Journal of Professional Psychology Research and Practice, Volume 7 No.1, Volume 7.
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